Pretzel Sticks with Dark Chocolate & Roasted Almond // Pretzels com Chocolate Negro & Amêndoa Tostada

Photo from my Instagram. // Foto do meu Instagram.

Hey, where's the sun? Feeling like me - expecting a fun afternoon in the sun but now all your plans are ruined? This will only take about 10 minutes of your time to prepare and a whole afternoon and evening of fun to enjoy. Because you can't have too many versions of chocolate pretzels. Ingredients: pretzel sticks dark chocolate almond slices Roast the almond slices for about 8 minutes in the oven to 220ºC until they get a nice golden color. Reserve. Break the pretzel sticks in half and place them side by side in groups of 2 or 3 (as if you were building small-sized rafts) on a tray with greasproof paper and carefully place a small square of chocolate on top of each group of pretzels.  Carefully transfer the tray into the oven. Let the chocolate soften for 3 minutes at 180ºC. Take the tray out of the oven. Top the softened chocolate with the roasted almond.  Wait until the chocolate cools and sets again to remove the rafts from the tray. Enjoy!

Hey, onde foi parar o sol? Estão a sentir-se como eu - estavam à espera de uma tarde divertida ao sol mas agora os vossos planos foram por água abaixo? Isto só vai tomar 10 minutos do vosso tempo a preparar e toda uma tarde e noite a apreciar. Porque mais uma versão de pretzels de chocolate nunca é demais. Ingredientes: pretzels em palitos chocolate negro fatias de amêndoa Tostem a amêndoa durante cerca de 8 minutos no forno a 220ºC até ganharem uma cor dourada. Reservem. Partam os palitos à metade e coloquem-nos lado a lado em grupos de 2 ou 3 (como se estivessem a construir jangadas pequeninas) num tabuleiro com papel vegetal e coloquem com cuidado um pequeno quadrado de chocolate em cima de cada grupo de pretzels. Com cuidado transfiram o tabuleiro para o forno. Deixem o chocolate amolecer durante 3 minutos a 180ºC. Tirem o tabuleiro do forno. Cubram o chocolate amolecido com a amêndoa tostada. Esperem até que o chocolate arrefeça e solidifique de novo para tirarem as jangadas do tabuleiro. Bom apetite!

Dark and White Chocolate Pretzels // Pretzels de Chocolate Preto e Branco

One of the things I love about cooking recipes is the freedom we have to change them. Here's another version of the Turtle Chocolate Pretzels, which I made for a party this weekend. 

First, toast in the oven the amount of peeled almonds you want to use. 

Then, place as many little salted pretzels as you want on a tray with greaseproof paper, and a square of white chocolate on top of each pretzel. Put the tray in the oven for about 3 minutes to 180º for the chocolate to soften a little bit.

Take them out of the oven and compress the softened chocolate with a toasted almond. Let them cool.

Then do the same with the dark chocolate (but leave it in the oven for 5 to 7 minutes).

Serve them cool, when the chocolate is set. If you feel the white chocolate is taking too long to harden, take it to the freezer for about 15 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Uma das coisas que mais gosto nas receitas é a liberdade que temos para as mudar. Aqui está outra versão of the Turtle Chocolate Pretzels, que fiz para uma festa neste fim de semana. 

Primeiro, torrem no forno a quantidade de amêndoa sem pele que querem usar. 

Depois, coloquem a quantidade de pretzels salgados que quiserem num tabuleiro com papel vegetal, e um quadrado de chocolate branco por cima de cada pretzel. Coloquem o tabuleiro no forno durante cerca de 3 minutos a 180º para que o chocolate amoleça um pouco.

Tirem-nos do forno e comprimam o chocolate amolecido com uma amêndoa torrada. Deixem-nos arrefecer.

Façam o mesmo com o chocolate negro (mas deixem-no no forno cerca de 5 a 7 minutos).

Sirvam-nos frios, quando o chocolate estiver mais endurecido. Se acharem que o chocolate branco está a demorar demasiado a solidificar, coloquem-no no congelador durance cerca de 15 minutos.

Bom apetite!

Chocolate Pretzels: Turtle Power!

I was reading beautiful Delishhh the other day and as soon as I saw the photos of the Rolo Pretzel Turtles I knew they would be the perfect Sunday treat, so I just had to try and make them, no matter how hard they could be. It turns out that, as said, it was really easy - so, lucky me!!! Ahahah! All the more time I have this Sunday to clean the house! ........ Oh... wait. 

First, spread a sheet of greaseproof paper on a tray. Then place as many little pretzels as you want. 

I didn't have any Rolo chocolate candies, so I used what I had: chocolate candy filled with hazelnuts. But a fun part of it all would be the "turtle look", so on the other half I used squares of a dark chocolate bar I was going to save for sadder days.

And it just gets easier! Put the tray in the oven for about 5 minutes to 180º for the chocolate to soften a little bit - it depends on the chocolate, really. I found that in my case I had to give it about 7 minutes, so the best solution is to keep checking if it needs more time when it reaches the 5-minute limit.  

Take the tray out of the oven and squish the softened chocolate with a walnut (only the not-stuffed ones, of course). There you go: Heroes in a half shelf!

Don't forget to let them cool before you serve them.

I was also thinking how nice these would be as a Christmas or birthday gift (in a little bag, a colourful ribbon and some special words).

Anyway, a special Thank You, Delishhh: you made my Sunday morning really delishhhious!